A signal box in Haslemere is still used to control the railways after 130 years - but its days are numbered The landscape of Surrey's railways have changed significantly since the end of the 19th ...
With help from Marleston TAFE students and a handful of volunteers, the replica signal box is complete with working levers, telephones and fresh paint. Former Mitcham mayor Ivan Brooks, 72, has spent ...
Up to 38 signal boxes are to close across the Black Country and Staffordshire as part of a six-year programme set to bring the ageing system into the 21st century. Up to 38 signal boxes are to close ...
If you've passed through Maidstone West Railway Station and taken a moment to glance up from your phone or newspaper you may have spotted a slightly shabby, off-white timber shed standing on a brick ...
Built in 1888, the Bury St Edmunds Yard signal required four resident signal men to work the levers The Skegness signal box in East Lindsey was at the end of the Poacher line which ran from Nottingham ...
Twenty-six of the UK's railway signal boxes have been granted Grade II listed status by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Here are some of the historic structures that received listed ...
Do you have a spare £54,000 in the bank? That’s the guide price of a grade-II listed Victorian railway signal box, which will soon be on sale at auction. Located at Torre station in Devon, the ...
A 98-year-old tradition will end in the early hours of January 2, when the last worker signs off from the signal box at the Gardiner station level crossing. Yes, even in ultra-automated 2015, a human ...
The oldest working signal box in Cornwall - built 144 years ago at Par - is to close in spring 2024. Network Rail said it would close along with signal boxes at Lostwithiel and Truro as part of a ...
TRAIN enthusiasts are on track to get their hands on a unique piece of Australian rail history and be their own station master when a 1921 train signal box is auctioned next month. The Bendigo A train ...
Reedham signal box will be taken to a new site in Holt and restored for a hands-on visitor experience A 120-year-old signal box is to start a new life as a virtual reality simulator for railway ...